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She began her career as an [[extra (actor)|extra]]. Her first film role was in ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'' (1960), where she was used to translate and report a news section from the film into Urdu — announcing the sinking of the British battleship {{HMS|Hood|51|6}}.<ref name="Jamila"/> | She began her career as an [[extra (actor)|extra]]. Her first film role was in ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'' (1960), where she was used to translate and report a news section from the film into Urdu — announcing the sinking of the British battleship {{HMS|Hood|51|6}}.<ref name="Jamila"/> | ||
She continued to work extensively on radio in English, Urdu, [[Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] as well as for the [[Germany|German]] service of the BBC. Years later she acted in ''Tribunal'', a [[ZDF]] television serial in German, with leading [[Europe]]an actors. She joined the Afro-Asian Committee of [[Equity (trade union)|Equity]] and continued to work in film and television.<ref name="Jamila"/> Roles for Asian actors were scarce during her early career, but she was given parts in series such as ''[[Crossroads (UK TV series)|Crossroads]]'' (1964); ''[[Within These Walls]]'' (1976); ''[[The Next Man]]'' (1976); ''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1976–1977); ''[[Target (UK TV series)|Target]]'' (1977); ''[[Mind Your Language]]'' (1977–79); ''[[Play for Today]]'' (1977, 1978); ''[[Empire Road]]'' (1979); ''[[Angels (TV series)|Angels]]'' (1981); ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1982); ''[[The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)|The Jewel in the Crown]]'' (1984); ''[[The Bill]]'' (1984); ''[[Albion Market]]'' (1985); ''[[Chance in a Million]]'' (1986); ''[[Madame Sousatzka]]'' (1988); ''[[Great Balls of Fire! (film)|Great Balls of Fire!]]'' (1989); ''[[Brookside]]'' (1989) playing Manju Batra and ''[[Pie in the Sky (TV series)|Pie in the Sky]]'' (1994). | She continued to work extensively on radio in English, Urdu, [[Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] as well as for the [[Germany|German]] service of the BBC. Years later she acted in ''Tribunal'', a [[ZDF]] television serial in German, with leading [[Europe]]an actors. She joined the Afro-Asian Committee of [[Equity (trade union)|Equity]] and continued to work in film and television.<ref name="Jamila"/> Roles for Asian actors were scarce during her early career, but she was given parts in series such as ''[[Crossroads (UK TV series)|Crossroads]]'' (1964); ''[[Within These Walls]]'' (1976); ''[[The Next Man]]'' (1976); ''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1976–1977); ''[[Target (UK TV series)|Target]]'' (1977); ''[[Mind Your Language]]'' (1977–79); ''[[Play for Today]]'' (1977, 1978); ''[[Empire Road]]'' (1979); ''[[Angels (TV series)|Angels]]'' (1981); ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1982); ''[[The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)|The Jewel in the Crown]]'' (1984); ''[[The Bill]]'' (1984); ''[[Albion Market]]'' (1985); ''[[Chance in a Million]]'' (1986); ''[[Madame Sousatzka]]'' (1988); ''[[Great Balls of Fire! (film)|Great Balls of Fire!]]'' (1989); ''[[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]]'' (1989) playing Manju Batra and ''[[Pie in the Sky (TV series)|Pie in the Sky]]'' (1994). | ||
In the mid-1990s she was cast as the recurring character Auntie Satya in [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]'s daily agricultural [[soap opera]], ''[[The Archers]]'', fulfilling one of her life's ambitions.<ref name="Jamila"/> Massey was the second actress to play the role. She had initially been asked to audition for the part, but was forced to turn it down due to work commitments. A year later she was offered the same part when the role was recast. Her character makes occasional appearances to visit her niece, Usha Gupta ([[Souad Faress]]).<ref name="Jamila"/> | In the mid-1990s she was cast as the recurring character Auntie Satya in [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]'s daily agricultural [[soap opera]], ''[[The Archers]]'', fulfilling one of her life's ambitions.<ref name="Jamila"/> Massey was the second actress to play the role. She had initially been asked to audition for the part, but was forced to turn it down due to work commitments. A year later she was offered the same part when the role was recast. Her character makes occasional appearances to visit her niece, Usha Gupta ([[Souad Faress]]).<ref name="Jamila"/> | ||